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I think this is a large part of it but Brexit is surely instructive here. An absolutely huge change demanded and then delivered, in a form that leaned to the changey side of how it could be done. Yet half the population didn’t want that kind of change, and even those who did seem unhappy.
January 2, 2026 at 9:50 AM
I think this is a large part of it but Brexit is surely instructive here. An absolutely huge change demanded and then delivered, in a form that leaned to the changey side of how it could be done. Yet half the population didn’t want that kind of change, and even those who did seem unhappy.
I don’t want to reread it to check but aren’t teaching history and crypto the only two policies he outlines in the piece?
January 1, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I don’t want to reread it to check but aren’t teaching history and crypto the only two policies he outlines in the piece?
I’ve become very sceptical about polling telling us anything more than the answer to the Q. So think we can only say “more people were satisfied with how Cameron was doing as PM relative to those who weren’t at his lowest point than was true of the other PMs at their lowest points”.
December 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I’ve become very sceptical about polling telling us anything more than the answer to the Q. So think we can only say “more people were satisfied with how Cameron was doing as PM relative to those who weren’t at his lowest point than was true of the other PMs at their lowest points”.
They were founded on Christmas Day?
December 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
They were founded on Christmas Day?
Would it really take years - if all the countries were at war - for Western Europe’s factories to match Russias?
December 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Would it really take years - if all the countries were at war - for Western Europe’s factories to match Russias?
Isn’t that an assumption turnout would be lower?
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Isn’t that an assumption turnout would be lower?
I like that. Makes the cost of the A1 Black Cat roundabout* upgrade about 7.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
*there’s a bit more to it but probably is to the Gateshead one too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
*there’s a bit more to it but probably is to the Gateshead one too.
Half of £1bn work is on Black Cat roundabout alone - BBC News
National Highways the Black Cat section is "the most significant and complex part of the project".
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I like that. Makes the cost of the A1 Black Cat roundabout* upgrade about 7.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
*there’s a bit more to it but probably is to the Gateshead one too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
*there’s a bit more to it but probably is to the Gateshead one too.
North Kensington is north Notting Hill and similar but later dynamics.
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
North Kensington is north Notting Hill and similar but later dynamics.
So mixture of initial high inflation and then rapid relative house price growth and extensions might get you there.
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
So mixture of initial high inflation and then rapid relative house price growth and extensions might get you there.
It’s not an average though, it’s North Kensington, which was rather run down for a long time.
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It’s not an average though, it’s North Kensington, which was rather run down for a long time.
Can’t remember who but someone suggested self valuation but with the caveat that the State if it wanted was allowed to purchase at a small premium to it.
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Can’t remember who but someone suggested self valuation but with the caveat that the State if it wanted was allowed to purchase at a small premium to it.
What did he want to do?
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
What did he want to do?
I think it’s also the “if you want something quickly and don’t want to give Amazon too much custom” place
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I think it’s also the “if you want something quickly and don’t want to give Amazon too much custom” place
And that readers is the more modest of his proposals.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
And that readers is the more modest of his proposals.
This has replaced “latte drinking” which obviously became absurd. It is about as useful.
November 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This has replaced “latte drinking” which obviously became absurd. It is about as useful.
Last time it was in Australia I treated myself to a Sky Sports subscription. Was puzzled to turn it on to see multiple Shield games showing.
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Last time it was in Australia I treated myself to a Sky Sports subscription. Was puzzled to turn it on to see multiple Shield games showing.
Must be partly as people aren’t moving out of them even when they don’t need them? Very cheap to stay in a house, stamp duty if you move. I live in a street full of retired couples in large houses.
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Must be partly as people aren’t moving out of them even when they don’t need them? Very cheap to stay in a house, stamp duty if you move. I live in a street full of retired couples in large houses.
I think missing from analysis of marginal rates is how low it makes average rates for those under £100k. Even just below pay little and surely negative lower down. Probably has all kinds of positive externalities and not that many people but presumably any solution will mean they will pay more.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I think missing from analysis of marginal rates is how low it makes average rates for those under £100k. Even just below pay little and surely negative lower down. Probably has all kinds of positive externalities and not that many people but presumably any solution will mean they will pay more.
Laser-like focus on audience share. Down to 3 viewers within 18 months.
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Laser-like focus on audience share. Down to 3 viewers within 18 months.
If the numbers are roughly similar doesn’t that suggest there isn’t that big a difference for an individual?
October 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If the numbers are roughly similar doesn’t that suggest there isn’t that big a difference for an individual?
I think something might have changed changed. Quite a few new places in central london now seem open until 1 or 2.
October 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I think something might have changed changed. Quite a few new places in central london now seem open until 1 or 2.